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      • UNICEF statement on children caught in the bloodshed in Syria
      • UNICEF appeals for $1.28 billion for its humanitarian operations to assist children in 2012
      • On first official visit to Yemen, new UNICEF Regional Director voices concern over child malnutrition
      • UNICEF Executive Director, Anthony Lake visits Bangladesh
      • Two years after earthquake, little victories for children in Haiti recovery — UNICEF
      • Goodwill Ambassador Mia Farrow to travel to Chad and the DRC
      • President Sirleaf launches Children’s Law of Liberia
      • UNICEF: In conflict and crisis, children with disabilities must not be forgotten
      • India records one year without polio cases
      • Call to Action: A Cholera-Free Hispaniola (Haiti and the Dominican Republic)
      • UNICEF Executive Director, Anthony Lake visits Nepal
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  • The State of the World's Children 2001: Early Childhood
  • Eliminating Maternal and Neonatal Tetanus
  • Progress For Children: A Child Survival Report Card (Volume 1, 2004)
  • The Child Survival Partnership
  • Low Birthweight: Country, Regional and Global Estimates
  • The 'Rights' Start to Life: A statistical analysis of birth registration
  • Progress For Children: A Report Card on Immunization (No. 3)
  • Management of Sick Children by Community Health Workers: Intervention models and programme examples
  • Vitamin A Supplementation: A decade of progress

 

 

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